President Trump has faced many opponents during his quest for the
White House and the early days of his administration. However, no
group seems to be as powerful as the judiciary when it comes to
gutting his policies. Legal Insurrection readers will recall that
one of Trump’s first acts as President was…

Naturally, the school is downplaying the whole thing so as not to
attract the wrong attention. The College Fix reports: Cal State
Long Beach acts as de facto sanctuary campus California State
University, Long Beach is operating as a “sanctuary campus” in
everything but name “for fear of retaliation from the federal
government,” the…

(This post will be “sticky” for a while.) It’s that time of year
when we ask readers to help keep us doing what we do. For those of
you who are relatively new here, our 7th Anniversary post has a
pretty good history of Legal Insurrection. In our 8th Anniversary
post, a…

If you’re wondering why President Trump’s Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos needs millions of dollars in security, this is one of
the reasons. DeVos is trying to make improvements in her department
but is being predictably cast as someone who doesn’t care about
civil rights. Erica L. Green writes at the New…

A U. S. Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian Su-22 fighter-bomber
following an attack on U. S.-led coalition forces in Syria. This
story is just breaking, so we will have more as it becomes known.
Fox News reports: U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian
government warplane after it attacked Washington-backed fighters…

It’s Father’s Day, a sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day,
although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a
family. Just ask the people who never had one, or who had a
difficult relationship with theirs. Or ask the people who were
nurtured in the strength of a father’s…

The BBC is not known for its lack of bias, but this one really
takes the cake. They had it right that three Palestinians
were killed, but forgot to mention they had attacked three Israeli
police officers, killing one. From Twitchy: “In short, two of the
Palestinians killed had attacked police officers…

As we approach the 150 day mark for President Donald Trump’s first
term, I thought in might be useful to have a retrospective post
about how the American press has presented his record, outside of
Twitter, Russia and Comey hearings…and highlight some of his
underreported victories. Professor Jacobson so noted, the news…

This is good news. The Trump administration has got to take steps
to deal with student debt. The Washington Examiner reports: Trump
touts plan for students to ‘earn while they learn’ President Trump
on Friday touted his administration’s new apprenticeship program as
a way for young adults to “earn while they learn” instead of…

In the wake of the Scalise shooting, Fareed Zakaria hosted a
segment on his CNN show this morning devoted to addressing
how Republicans and Democrats can stop their “internecine
struggle” and “reconcile.” Two of the guests bought into the
premise, discussing the challenges involved and possible approaches
to reconciliation. But the third guest,…

This has been a long time coming. It will be fascinating to see
what comes of it. The Daily Caller reports: Congress To Hold
Hearing On ‘Assault’ Of Campus Free Speech Senate Judiciary
Chairman Chuck Grassley announced Friday a witness list for a
hearing next week to explore First Amendment restrictions on
college campuses. The…

Public outrage has forced the leading German broadcaster ARD to air
the Antisemitism documentary that had previously been censored. The
90-minute documentary, commissioned by the French-German TV network
ARTE and Germany’s WDR — both funded by the German government, had
previously been shelved. The film highlights the prevailing
Antisemitism in Europe’s growing…

Aren’t the Obamas lucky? They can visit any college they want and
no one protests or causes trouble. The Hill reports: Obamas invited
to be honorary football coach at University of Michigan Former
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama could have new
gigs as football coaches at the University of Michigan —…

Flounder has died. CNN reports: Stephen Furst, the actor who played
the hapless, beanie-wearing frat boy Flounder in the 1978 movie
“Animal House,” has died at age 63, his son, Nathan Furst, told CNN
on Saturday. “It was from complications from diabetes,” Nathan
Furst said. “Over the last several years it was getting…